a production by Chris Flannery of the Claremont Institute EPISODE 110 - AUGUST 17, 2021 UP FROM SLAVERY Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Franklin County Virginia just a few years before the Civil War began. With heroic determination, he got himself an education and went on to found the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama, where he remained principal for the rest of his life. By the time Frederick Douglass died in 1895, Washington was with no comparison the most well-known and influential black American living. LISTEN NOW PREVIOUS EPISODES SOUL OF FREEDOM “Washington used his unrivalled moral and political authority to speak to the whole country and the world, to the present and the future, about the idea of religious liberty that gave transcendent glory to the American Revolution.” LISTEN NOW GOD BLESS AMERICA “God bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above From the mountains to the prairies To the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home.” LISTEN NOW VIEW ALL WHAT IS THE AMERICAN STORY? The American Story is a production by Chris Flannery of the Claremont Institute. [email protected] The American Story | The Claremont Institute | 1317 W Foothill Blvd #120, Upland, CA 91786 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!